Advice on finding maps/cartographer for brochure

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Posted 15 March 2006 - 05:28 AM

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Hi,

I'm in the UK and my company is producing a holiday brochure.

We
want to include a world map with detailed topography, and then smaller
maps for different areas including, the mediteranean, the red sea, the
indian ocean and the caribbean. We will then need further maps for
destinations within these regions (probably 4 for each). Again, they
need to be well detailed.

Does anyone know how I go about finding someone to draw these, or alternatively, somewhere I could buy these sorts of maps?

i have no knowledge whatsoever on this, so any advice would be appreciated!

rudy

Posted 15 March 2006 - 06:18 AM

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You've
probably come to the right place as there are plenty of freelance
cartographers that drop by for a visit here that would be happy to take
a project like this on (including myself). Not sure how this is usually
handled but you could place the details of the job in one of the job
categories (or here) and ask people to submit estimates to complete the
job and go from there.

Guest_blackhole_*

Posted 15 March 2006 - 06:26 AM

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"

You've probably come to the right place as there are plenty of freelance cartographers that drop by for a visit here that would be happy to take a project like this on (including myself). Not sure how this is usually handled but you could place the details of the job in one of the job categories (or here) and ask people to submit estimates to complete the job and go from there.

gregsd

Posted 15 March 2006 - 06:32 AM

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"There's a list of freelance cartographers [url="http://"http://www.cartography.org.uk/Pages/Membership/Freelance/index.html"]here[/url] that you can contact. [url="http://"http://www.soc.org.uk/"]The Society of Cartograhers[/url] also runs an email list, and you could post details of your request and invite interested parties to contact you.

There are also cartographic companies who you might want to contact, like [url="http://"http://www.philips-maps.co.uk/"]George Philips[/url] or [url="http://"http://www.bartholomewmaps.com/"]Bartholomew[/url], who may already have the sort of maps you want available.

rudy

Posted 15 March 2006 - 07:00 AM

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Sure. What details do I need to supply?

Details such as sizing of maps, number of colours used to print the maps, file format, resolution, what information you want to include on the maps, timelines, a particular design style you might be looking for (if you have one in mind), map extents(what part of the globe the map will cover), etc. Hope this helps. "

First of all, there is a special category in the Resources section for custom cartographic companies [url="http://"http://www.cartotalk.com/index.php?act=links&CODE=02&cat=1"]here[/url]. This was made especially for this purpose.

(note: if you are a custom cartographic company and want to be listed there, just go ahead and add a resource, then PM me or one of the other moderators to 'unlock' it)

Now... we've talked about it in the past but there never was any action taken on it... Aside from the Job opportunities and resume areas, I would also like to see a general business opportunities area, I think only Nick has the power to make new forums though.

Any way, feel free to post the details of your project here, I'm sure there are many people, myself included, who would want to make you an offer.

Just as a general 'rule', any offers and price quotes should be made via either private email or a PM. "